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Archive for January, 2010

Irish Cultural Week Double Feature!
Thursday, March 4
6:30PM  | Into the West (1992)
8:30PM  | Waking Ned Devine (1998)
Old Court Irish Pub (Upstairs)
29 Central Street, Lowell
Free admission!
The Lowell Film Collaborative is delighted to announce our new partnership with Lowell’s Irish Cultural Committee! Usher in Irish Cultural Week (March 7-14) in the Mill City with this special double feature of [...]

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“A better Haiti is possible … and indeed, it is on the way.”
- Father Joseph Philippe / Fondwa, Haiti

Up against centuries of oppression and decimated natural resources, the people of Fondwa have taken matters into their own hands. Leaders and dreamers and dedicated workers. Children, mothers, priests, and students. Haitians, Cubans, Americans, and French — all [...]

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The City of Lowell and Community Partners Present:
“Haiti: Help & Hope”
A Community Conversation on Current Events in Haiti
Featuring a screening of “The Road to Fondwa“
Wednesday, January 27  |  5:30PM – 7PM
Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center
246 Market Street
Free admission
See the award-winning documentary short “The Road to Fondwa” followed by a panel discussion and [...]

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If you’re a faithful follower of the Lowell Film Collaborative, you may have noticed that things have been a little quiet around here on the screening front lately. Coming off an outstanding first year of film hosting and other related events, the LFC took a little time off to rest our brains and gear up [...]

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It may not be as immensely popular as its sister festival, Sundance, but the Slamdance Film Festival – held in Utah every year at the same time as Sundance – prides itself on being more faithful to the independent spirit of filmmaking. Both fests kick off today, and for Slamdance, it’s sure to be a [...]

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Disney’s Up
Thursday, January 21 @ 7PM
Chelmsford Public Library
McCarthy Meeting Room
43 Newfield St., North Chelmsford
Free and open to the public!
After a lifetime of dreaming of traveling the world, 78-year-old homebody Carl flies away on an unbelievable adventure, with Russell, an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer, unexpectedly in tow. Together, the unlikely pair embarks on a thrilling odyssey full of jungle beasts [...]

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Just read about a great-looking documentary called America’s Lost Band. Narrated by Boston legend Peter Wolf, the film is about The Remains, a Boston pop band from the 60s who apparently were on the road to being the best thing since sliced Beatle…until they broke up when their debut album was released.
They were four former Boston University students that seemed [...]

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We’re incredibly proud of Lowell filmmaker Jim Higgins. His latest, award-winning short, Nether World: A Modern Fairy Tale, celebrated its premier in March 2009 at Lowell’s United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) to a standing room only crowd. Incorporating a stage/musical reenactment of key scenes of the film, the event captured the exotic textures of Higgins’ [...]

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If you’ve convinced yourself there are no indie film viewing opportunities in Lowell and the surrounding area, you just aren’t looking hard enough. In addition to the events hosted by the Lowell Film Collaborative, several libraries in our vicinity offer regular free film events.
On the second Thursday of each month, the Pollard Library right here in Lowell, [...]

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“Winter/Spring Agricultural Film Series”
Presented by Life Alive Organic Cafe, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, WorldPEAS CSA,
and the Lowell Film Collaborative
On select evenings @ 7:30PM
January – March 2010
Life Alive Urban Oasis & Organic Cafe
194 Middle Street, Lowell
FREE and open to the public
Come join us for another great “Food & Film” series at Lowell’s fabulous [...]

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